READY TO DIE
I have nothing to hide, nothing to fear
I have no need to run
And my future is clear
It is you that I think of, never myself
I have you by my side
I need nothing else but you
And the new morning breaks
The mysterious night
And I'm free from the darkness
That threatens the light
When I lift up my voice
I know you hear my cry
I'm ready to live
I'm ready to die for you
I am ready to die for what's right
I will gladly surrender my life
I will not change my mind
And you can't change my heart
I am totally ready to die
And she's flying as far
And as fast as she needs to
On wings she was given by grace
Don't know where she will land
Only she knows the plan
She is the one
She knows the chosen place
Though the path of her flight
May be out of your sight
You'll know when she touches your heart
She is love, she is light
And her purpose in life
Is to be there when your new life starts
I am ready to die for what's right
I will gladly surrender my life
I will not change my mind
And you can't change my heart
I am totally ready to die
I'm ready to die ...
TROUBLE
Trouble in the air, trouble everywhere
Every time I turn around
Trouble's always there
Trouble with my atmosphere
Trouble left and right
Trouble leaves no hiding place
It's ruining my night
Trouble with my bicycle
Trouble with my hair
The worst thing about trouble
Is that no-one seems to care
Trouble with religion, trouble is a gun
Trouble seems to follow me
Trouble is no fun
If you think you've got trouble
Brother stop and see
Trouble ain't exclusive
It's there for you and me
Time to change the road we're on
So one day soon when trouble's gone
Life can be what it was meant to be
Trouble every day, trouble all my life
It's not only trouble
It's trouble and strife
Nowhere left for me to hide
Nowhere left to run
I can't even end it all coz
Someone stole my gun
Trouble over there, trouble over here
Trouble's never far away
Trouble's very near
Trouble is resistant, trouble is persistent
All I want to say to it is ...
"Keep your fucking distance"
Please ...
Go away, leave me alone
Take a time out, in the neutral zone
I don't mind the game
But you play too rough
You keep changing the rules
And I've had enough
I never asked for it, I hate every part of it
Wish I could go back to the start
I'm gonna beat it
Gonna go out and meet it
With the power of a faithful heart
Trouble over here, trouble over there
Trouble don't discriminate
Trouble's everywhere
Trouble to the left of me
Trouble to the right
When trouble gets the best of me
It ruins my whole night
Trouble with my girlfriend
Trouble with my wife
I think I'll have trouble
For the rest of my life
Trouble, trouble, trouble, will it ever end
Trouble knows the answer
And it wants to be my friend
IT
When the moon is asleep
And the world is at peace
It comes like a thief in the night
Smashing my joy, like a broken toy
Destroying what's left of my life
Unseen and evil, it spreads like a fire
In the heart of an innocent soul
It hides and it seeks, but it never speaks
In silence it reaches its goal
It's the work of the devil
And he's never done
It's a fight against evil
Which we've never won
It's a curse that's been with us
Since the world began
And our hope is in the blood
Of a perfect man
At the end of the day
There's nothing to say
That hasn't already been said
The deed has been done
The price has been paid
The promise is life and not death
It's the work of the devil
And he's never done
It's a fight against evil
Which we've never won
It's a curse that's been with us
Since the world began
And our hope is in the blood
Of a perfect man
TODO LOCO
I saw a dog, walking a dog
Little voice said:
"That ain't a dog, that's a hog"
And I said: "Which one"?
When I grow up I'm gonna get me a girl
Don't have to be pretty
As long as she's a rich one
I saw a beast with a two-fisted feast
Little voice said:
"That can't be right"
I said: "No, and it ain't pretty"
I saw a trout with too much hanging out
Just another day in the city
I spend some time
Looking at the world around me
If life was a symphony
How would the sound be
Beautiful dreams filling my head
Maybe it's time for me to get out of bed
Todo loco, my world is crazy
Can't remember yesterday
Everything's too hazy
Think about tomorrow
All I hear is maybe
Todo loco, this world is crazy
I saw an old guy doing some tricks
Little voice said: "That guy's so sneaky"
I said: "Must be a magician"
And then I listened to the things
That he said, I saw
That ain't no magic, he's just a politician
He’s asking me to put
An "X" by his name
So he can carry on playing his game
Nothing will change
It will all be the same
And he'll just find someone to blame
Todo loco, my world is crazy
Can't remember yesterday
Everything's too hazy
Think about tomorrow
All I hear is maybe
Todo loco
The time will come
You'll have your choice
You'll have the power of a single voice
But be careful where you place your faith
The man may have another face
He'll tell you what you want to hear
If you'll just give him four more years
But when he’s back in his nice big house
He'll eat you up and spit you out
Todo loco, my world is crazy
Can't remember yesterday
Everything's too hazy
Think about tomorrow
All I hear is maybe
Todo loco, this world is crazy
Todo loco, my world is crazy
Can't remember yesterday
Everything's too hazy
Think about tomorrow
All I hear is maybe
Todo loco, this world is crazy
Todo loco
I WANNA GO BACK
So, it's goodbye for a while
To the long legged ladies
That kept me amused for a week or two
They didn't give me a name
But that's all the same
They knew exactly what they had to do
I wanna go back, back to Russia
I wanna go back, back to Ukraine
Back to Belarus, Bulgaria too
Sometimes I just wanna
Get my ass out of Spain!
I miss Katsiaryna, Tatyana, Anastasia too
And Olga from the Volga comes to mind
Don't ask me what I miss
I know what it is
But we'll save that for another time
I wanna go back, back to Georgia
To the land of the endless smile
I wanna go back, back to you all
'Cause your love alone
Makes it all worthwhile
Gonna check a chick in Czech
A lady eager in Riga
Risk arrest in Budapest
Just to find out who's best
Find a fraulein in Frankfurt
Go to Roma for romance
I’m a man on a mission
I might even try France
I wanna go back, back to Russia
I wanna go back, back to Ukraine
Back to Belarus, Bulgaria too
Sometimes I just wanna
Get my ass out of Spain!
Are you somebody's lover
Somebody's mother
Or do you have a brother with a gun
You seem fully qualified
And I'm ready for the ride
But I'd rather not do it on the run
I saw you from a distance
You offered no resistance
I took it as a "fait acompli"
But when I opened my eyes
Imagine my surprise
Mr. .38 was looking down at me
I wanna go back, back to Russia
I wanna go back, back to Ukraine
Back to Belarus, Bulgaria too
Sometimes I just wanna
Get my ass out of Spain!
PLEASE EXPLAIN
Please explain
Why there has to be this pain
Why there has to be
Such torment in the air
Please explain
Because it's way beyond my sight
Why you became
A perfect stranger overnight
Please explain
Why I have to take the blame
And why every single day
You play this game
Tell me how
Can I be guilty all the time
I don't understand the crime
So please explain
It would be an understatement
To say that I don't understand
We always shared our plans
And lived our dream
But I didn't see this coming
So it took me by surprise
That you might just be
The devil in disguise
Devil in disguise, and it hurts to realize
That I had evil at my side for all this time
I won't give up without a fight
Just because I know what's right
I won't surrender to the devil in disguise
Now I know that your love
Was never real
You just change the way you feel
From day to day
You didn't have to try too hard
'Cause you already had my heart
You only had to find
A different game to play
Devil in disguise, and it hurts to realize
That I had evil at my side for all this time
I won't give up without a fight
Just because I know what's right
I won't surrender to the devil in disguise
Devil in disguise, and it hurts to realize
That I had evil at my side for all this time
I won't give up without a fight
Just because I know what's right
I won't surrender to the devil in disguise
I won't surrender to the devil in disguise
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MINE
(Foolishly Faithful Heart)
Standing here watching the sunset alone
Patiently waiting for you to come home
Though I know in my heart
You never will
I know that these tears will be
With me for years
As you disappear from my sight
What my heart wants to know is
How will I get through tonight
How did the joy of the day we first met
Become such a nightmare
Of pain and regret
Though the love we once had
I will never forget
No, I will always remember you
With a tear and a smile
For here, in my lonely room
You will always be mine
And, my love
Wherever you are right now
There's something I want you to hear
That my foolishly faithful heart
Will be right here
How did the joy of the day we first met
Become such a nightmare
Of pain and regret
Though the love we once had
I will never forget
No, I will always remember you
With a tear and a smile
For here, in my lonely room
You will always be mine
No, I will always remember you
With a tear and a smile
For here, in my lonely room
You will always be mine
You will always be mine
You will always be mine
Foolishly faithful heart
You'll always be mine
Foolishly faithful heart
You'll always be mine
I DON'T KNOW
I've removed everything
From the scene of the crime
Cleaned it up carefully
To buy myself time
And though I don't really know
What the big problem is
Must have been something that
I said or I did, I don't know
I don't know
Guilty of something that isn't defied
I'm not behind bars
But I'm still doing time
Trying to convince myself
It's gonna be fine
Problem is I just don't know
I don't know
I don't know
And I don't really know
If I should stay or escape
Those are my choices and
They're not really great
And I'm so fucking scared
I'll make another mistake
And be pissing off who knows why
"One minute, I could do no wrong
A split second later, I could do no right
And there, in the middle of
That cold dark night
We destroyed every dream we ever had"
My life is all riddles, my world is all pain
Gotta make sure this
Doesn't happen again
But I really don't know
If I'll ever figure out
What this crazy life is all about
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
DANGEROUS DESIRE
I think I know what you're doing
I'm well aware of
The game you're playing
I see it through the eyes of my heart
And I can hear what the world is saying
I'm here to tell you that
I really don't care
You're only playing with fire
Throw it all away, live for today
And your dangerous desire
Living for today but not tomorrow
Spending your life in a grand illusion
Your eyes are blind to the sorrow
Lost in your time and complete confusion
I'm here to tell you that
I really don't care
You're only playing with fire
Throw it all away, live for today
And your dangerous desire
Dangerous desire, burning in the fire
Heartache everywhere you turn
Dangerous desire, hoping you'll survive
Dreaming while your heart gets burned
You made money your master
Staring down the barrel of a big disaster
You're having trouble
Trying to sleep at night
Maybe now's the time for you
To do things right
I'm here to tell you that
I really don't care
You're only playing with fire
Throw it all away, live for today
And your dangerous desire
Dangerous desire, burning in the fire
Heartache everywhere you turn
Dangerous desire, hoping you'll survive
Dreaming while your heart gets burned
Where did you go, what did you do
Who did you do it with
Who did you do it to
Once in your mind
Once in your heart
How do you feel, when did it start
Dangerous desire, burning in the fire
Heartache everywhere you turn
Dangerous desire, hoping you'll survive
Dreaming while your heart gets burned
Dangerous desire, burning in the fire
Heartache everywhere you turn
Dangerous desire, hoping you'll survive
Dreaming while your heart gets burned
THE LONGEST NIGHT
I've travelled this road so many times
Playing my songs
For some friends of mine
It wasn't always easy
But we knew how to fight
Through the longest night
The road can be hard and it's always long
But I bring you my soul in a simple song
And your voices soon tell me
That I belong in the longest night
Through the longest night
Destination out of sight
But it'll be alright
Through the longest night
Seems I've been on this highway
For a million years
Journeyed the joy, the pain and the tears
The wheels keep on rolling
And now I am here
For the longest night
Through the longest night
Destination out of sight
But it'll be alright
Through the longest night
Through the longest night
Destination out of sight
It'll be alright
Through the longest night
Through the longest night
Destination out of sight
But it'll be alright
Through the longest night
Through the longest night
Destination out of sight
Yes it'll be alright
Through the longest night
Through the longest night
Destination out of sight
But it'll be alright
Through the longest night
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